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Terry and the Pirates

12 episodes · 1941 · WGN Chicago · Juvenile

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Milton Caniff's comic strip on the air: young Terry Lee and his friend Pat Ryan, with Connie and Big Stoop, tangle with the Dragon Lady and her pirates in wartime China. This 1941 run, produced by Frank and Anne Hummert for Libby's, follows Terry and Pat as they smuggle a secret radio transmitter to the Chinese army and set off through a blizzard for Ming Chow.

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1941

• Terry, Connie and Pat November 18, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Terry knocks out both Spur and Keel, and Big Stoop gives Keel a good shaking.
• The Radio Device Is Missing November 19, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  In the Dragon Lady's mountain hideout, Terry uses his Terryscope to see around corners, and Mr. Keel is taken prisoner.
• The Cabinets Are Switched November 20, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Terry and Pat try to bargain with the Dragon Lady, and the valuable radio transmitter vanishes again: someone has switched the cabinets.
• Escape in Progress November 21, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  The radio is back, but how will Terry and Pat escape? Under a pile of hay.
• The Enemy Overpowered November 24, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Peeking out from under the hay with the Terryscope, Terry spots Mr. Keel, and Pat doesn't feel safe yet.
• General Chang Held November 25, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Terry and Pat head for Chungking with the secret transmitter, while Burma gets the drop on General Chang. Is Chang working for the Dragon Lady?
• Approaching with Care November 26, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 13 min
  Terry spies on Burma and General Chang with the Terryscope, and Chang does seem to be working for the Dragon Lady.
• General Chang Is an Impostor November 27, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 13 min
  Terry and Dude break into April's room and knock out the phony General Chang.
• The Radio Is Turned Over November 28, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Dude flies everyone and the transmitter to the Chinese army's secret mountain headquarters, where they meet the real General Chang; an air raid destroys Dude's plane, and Terry plans the cold trek to Ming Chow.
• Perilous Journey December 1, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  Dude is asked to carry secret papers to Dr. Moy Ben at Ming Chow; a blizzard strands the truck, and Pat and Terry set out for help.
• The Icy Winds of China December 2, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 15 min
  The blizzard goes on as Pat and Terry struggle through the snow.
• Mountain Madness December 3, 1941 · WGN Chicago · 14 min
  April sings to keep spirits up in the truck, but when the lights and motor die, the driver panics and runs off into the snow.